Review article

Dentist’s patient under antineoplastic therapie

Kata Rošin-Grget ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ileana Linčir ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The side effects of antineoplastic drugs can be manifest in the oral
cavity. Every dentist must be familiar with these grups of drugs and their mechanisms of action and the management of their adverse oral manifestations. The most common oral reactions to administered antineoplastic drugs are: mucositis, local or generalized infections and hemorrhages. The right way in which these manifestations may be handled therapeutically can ensure dentist’s patient a langer life of better quality.

Keywords

antineoplastic drugs; side effects; oral manifestations

Hrčak ID:

100951

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/100951

Publication date:

15.6.1990.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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